Realizing the ominous situation, Chen Hong immediately fled with a dozen or so trusted aides.
There were diving equipment on the ship, and he escaped underwater. After leaving Kyoto Port, he went ashore on a secluded beach. As long as his whereabouts remained undiscovered, leaving Kyoto would not be a problem at all...
The cargo ship indeed could no longer be operated and was even hard to escape sinking as the large hole in the lower hold was loudly gulping in seawater.
It must be said, the Hope Blue Diamond truly lived up to its name as the "Messenger of Disaster"; this time, it brought calamity to even more people, involving even the cargo ship in its cursed misfortune...
Princess Shunzi was hiding in one of the cabins, and her mobile phone still had no signal. She could only wait for the Royal Family's rescue to arrive.